Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China

Liang Zhou; Xiaomei Xu; Yaping Wang; Jianjun Jia; Yang Yang; Gaocong Li; Changliang Tong; Shu Gao

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Liang Zhou, Xiaomei Xu, Yaping Wang, Jianjun Jia, Yang Yang, Gaocong Li, Changliang Tong, Shu Gao. Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(11): 162-175. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1833-z

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Liang Zhou, Xiaomei Xu, Yaping Wang, Jianjun Jia, Yang Yang, Gaocong Li, Changliang Tong, Shu Gao. Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(11): 162-175. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1833-z

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Liang Zhou, Xiaomei Xu, Yaping Wang, Jianjun Jia, Yang Yang, Gaocong Li, Changliang Tong, Shu Gao. Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(11): 162-175. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1833-z

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Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1833-z

Liang Zhou^{1, 2, 3},
Xiaomei Xu⁴,
Yaping Wang³,
Jianjun Jia³,
Yang Yang⁵,
Gaocong Li⁶,
Changliang Tong²,
Shu Gao^{2, 4
,
,}

1.
School of Geography, Geomatics, and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
2.
Hainan Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources and Environment, Haikou 570206, China
3.
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200046, China
4.
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Coast and Island Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
5.
School of Marine Science and Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210046, China
6.
Department of Marine Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41706096 and 41530962; the Research Start-up Project of Jiangsu Normal University under contract No. 19XSRX006; the Opening Foundation of Hainan Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources and Environment under contract No. HNHYDZZYHJKF005; the High-level Talent Program of Basic and Applied Basic Research Programs (Field of Natural Science) in Hainan Province under contract No. 2019RC349; a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: sgao@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-02-05
Accepted Date: 2021-03-10

Available Online: 2021-07-02

Publish Date: 2021-11-30

Abstract

Abstract

The relationship between storm activity and global warming remains uncertain. To better understand storm–climate relationships, coastal lagoon deposits are increasingly being investigated because they could provide high-resolution storm records long enough to cover past climate changes. However, site-speciﬁc sediment dynamics and high barriers may bias storm reconstructions. Here, we aimed to investigate these factors through the reconstruction of five distinct storm records (XCL-01, XC-03, XC-06, XC-07, XC-08) from different water depths in a lagoon with a high barrier (i.e., Xincun Lagoon of Hainan Island). Sediment cores were characterized using high-resolution grain size and XRF measurements, to identify storm events. These data were coupled with a numerical simulation to obtain bed shear stress data with high-spatial resolution to better understand storm-induced sediment transport mechanisms. ²¹⁰Pb dating and Pb pollution chronostratigraphic markers indicated that the chronology of the storm deposit sequences of the cores span the period between 117 a and 348 a. The grain size and XRF results indicated numerous, highly variable and short-duration fluctuations, suggesting that storm-induced coarse-grained sediments were deposited at these core sites. The inconsistent storm events recorded in these cores suggest that these sites have different preservation potentials for storm deposits. However, the consistence between storm sediment records and historical documents for Core XCL-01 indicates that high-barrier lagoons could provide long-term storm event records with high preservation potential.
- storm deposits,
- preservation potential,
- sediment dynamics,
- high-barrier lagoon,
- Hainan Island

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